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neddyo 1d ago

2026.40

Pan-American: Fly the Ocean in a Silver Plane

Mark Nelson says his latest is about travel, both the physical journey and the metaphysical one to the beyond. The music is a solo ambient guitar electronica that drifts and floats. There's a sense of journey, yes, but maybe even more so, the preparation and expectation of the journey to come. Music for airports, but also awaiting lift-off on a trip to the moon, or perhaps the waiting room for afterlife. It's beautiful. Enjoy!

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neddyo 2d ago

2026.39

Zahn: Purpur

Some great rock music from this Berlin trio. There's plenty of great bang-your-head heaviness in here, but the album seems to evolve as it goes, exploring a variety of increasingly interesting sounds. You go from "yeah, this is pretty good" to "damn, this is sick" in due time. And ready to return to the start when you get to the end. Enjoy!

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neddyo 3d ago

2026.38

Plankton Wat: The Vanishing World

Dewey Mahood has been making music as Plankton Wat for quite a while now and as a fan, my impression has been an excellent DIY, lo-fi psychedelic. His latest is surprisingly rich, with a full band of great talent from his Portland hometown. Its breadth stretches from classic rock to prog to surf, with horn-laden rave-ups and funk as well. There are trinkets of weirdness and psychedelia mixed in, too. Most importantly, it all kinda crushes. A welcome addition and expansion of the deep Plankton Wat catalog, or a great place to start. Enjoy!

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neddyo 6d ago

2026.37

Fabiano Do Nascimento & Vittor Santos Orchestra: Vila

I thought you could use some good vibes for your weekend, so I'm bringing you this ray of sunshine from this LA guitarist. Here he pairs with an orchestra and this music is really all about the strings. Those on the guitar and how they resonate and jibe with those in the larger ensemble. It's really magic. There are some horns and reeds and vocals in there as well, and sounds from Do Nascimento's native Brazil and it all mixes to a totally relaxed *mood.* For lazy Sunday mornings or whenever else you might need it. Enjoy!

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neddyo Mar 26

2026.36

Wet Tuna: Vast

The latest from Matt Valentine and Co is a trip... almost literally. The album is a psychedelic wunderkammer full of Garcia Easter eggs, electronic hallucenations, loose indiejams, and just general weirdness. An all-around escapist delight. Enjoy!

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neddyo Mar 26

2025.35

The Tomeka Reid Quartet: dance! skip! hop!

If you didn't know who the leader of this quartet was and you listened to this album, I think you'd be hard pressed to figure it out. The playing and interactions between the four musicians is democratic and fluid, like four top-tier athletes moving as a unit up and down the field. The fact that the cellist is joined by high-caliber players like Halvorson, Fujiwara and Roebke doesn't hurt. Their jazz is equally smile-inducing transcendence and edge-seeking exploration. The exclamations in the album title are warranted and then some. Enjoy!

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neddyo Mar 25

2026.34

Ivan the Tolerable: Chromophobia

It's that time again! This guy's putting out great music faster than I can get to it. This one comes from the I the T vaults, recorded in 2018 and revisited and rejiggered more recently, a tribute to the producer, Nigel Crooks, who has recently passed. A set of semi-simple motifs that evolve and mutate into pieces groovy, psychedelic, and, occasionally sublime. Excellent, as always. Enjoy!

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neddyo Mar 13

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2026.33

Brian Marsella Trio: Play Zorn's Bagatelles

Marsella is in that "best pianist you don't know" category, an incredible and creative jazz talent. Here he's in trio with the equally powerhouse Trevor Dunn and Kenny Wollesen. They're tackling selections from the Zorn Bagatelles songbook, which is like both having guardrails and none at all at the same time. This set is adventurous in several directions: beautiful, chaotic, cerebral, inspiring. This is piano music at its finest. Enjoy!

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neddyo Mar 12

2026.32

Booker Stardrum: Close-Up on the Outside

Stardrum is a guy you'll find lending his talents to a wide variety of projects, including drumming for SML. His latest has some of the usual trappings of a solo drum album: textures of electroacoustic percussion panning your headspace. But there's some cool world-building here, too. A smattering of guests feature on the highlight tracks - ambient to experimental to exploratory - elevating the album in the process. Enjoy!